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Years Of A Million Dreams: Seniors Look At Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow

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Review by Bonnie Allen,
Sonoma Seniors
Years of a Million Dreams,
Seniors Look at Yesterday, Today,
and Tomorrow"
Can you remember when yesterday had
little meaning, when only today and tomorrow
were important?" writes David Silva. "While we
lived through the passing years yesterday
gradually became more and more of a reality.
We began to realize that all we are today,
our education, our work, our families, our
lifestyle, even our health were built on the steps
of yesterday. While the years pass, yesterday
continues to grow in importance."
Years of a Million Dreams is a conversational
ramble that meanders like a gentle stream
through the transition from looking forward to the
future to looking back to the past, and mines this
transition for its hidden gems. It touches on our
memories of love, war and other transitions.
A master story teller, Silva at one point interweaves
his own past with the reality of visiting
his aged father with his own child in tow,
marveling at the comfort of the family home, and
metaphorically, the memories that give us all
meaning. He asks us not to forget the magnificent
reality that is our entire lives in our
preoccupation with our present limitations. He
cautions us to honor our precious memories
without giving in to the temptation to simply live
in the past; to live in the moment without
forgetting where we came from. He explores
prayer, meditation, humor and service to others
as ways to enlarge our sometimes constricted
view of the world.
Along the way he offers practical tips on
health, safety, memory lapses, sleep needs and
sexual well-being. The book closes with
inspirational quotes, humorous aphorisms
("Birthdays are good for you; the more you have,
the longer you live.") and sage advice of his
own: "Every moment of our lives we are in this
world either making it better or making it worse."
Silva writes with the authenticity of someone
who's lived what he writes about.